Gates in Afghanistan on Unannounced Visit
08 March 2010
Gates in Afghanistan on Unannounced Visit, CNN, 8 March 2010
EXCERPT: "U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Monday morning on an unannounced visit, as NATO-led coalition forces are pressing an offensive in the nation's south. Gates was scheduled to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Coalition forces are battling Taliban fighters...
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Clashes Between Afghan Militants and Taliban
08 March 2010
, The Washington Post, 7 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Fierce weekend fighting in the north of Afghanistan between Taliban forces and another militant Islamist group has left an estimated 50 people dead, and the clashes were continuing late Sunday night, according to reports from the area. Local news reports quoted government and security officials from Baghlan province saying...
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NATO Backs Afghan Official Despite Jail Accusation
08 March 2010
, The Washington Post, 6 March 2010
EXCERPT: "The NATO-led military force in Afghanistan said on Saturday it had confidence in the choice of a man picked to run a former Taliban stronghold, despite a NATO commander saying he spent years in a German prison for assault. Abdul Zahir, head of the new administration installed in the town of Marjah, denies the accusation that could set back...
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Brown in Afghanistan at Centre of Defence Row
08 March 2010
, Financial Times, 6 March 2010
EXCERPT: "British Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew in to Afghanistan on Saturday to tour a recently captured Taliban stronghold as controversy grew in Britain over whether he had starved British forces of funding. With an election no more than three months away, a fierce debate is raging in Britain over whether British forces have been properly equipped to...
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